Ghosts The Ghosts of Smithfield |
The Ghosts of SmithfieldSmithfield, North Carolina
The ghosts which haunt the area around the town of Smithfield, not far from Raleigh, are directly related to perhaps the state's most tumultuous ...
Posted by Hushpupy on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 05:43:00 PST |
Ghosts Girl at the Underpass |
Girl at the Underpass
Not long ago, but before interstate highways ran around towns and cities, a young man left Greensboro late one night to drive to his old home in Lexington. At that time, j...
Posted by Hushpupy on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 05:31:00 PST |
Ghosts Maco Light |
Maco Light
On a night in 1867, at the small Brunswick County station of Maco fifteen miles west of Wilmington, a slow freight train was puffing down the track. In the caboose was Joe Baldwin, t...
Posted by Hushpupy on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 05:22:00 PST |
Ghosts Brown Mountain Lights |
Brown Mountain Lights
As mountains go, low-lying Brown Mountain in Burke County is not impressive. Yet it is one of the most famous mountains in North Carolina. On certain evenings soon a...
Posted by Hushpupy on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 05:17:00 PST |
Ghosts Specter at the Gold Mine |
Specter at the Gold Mine
During the Carolina gold rush of the 1830s and 1840s, a miserly old codger called Skinflint McIntosh owned a rich vein in southern Cabarrus County. So tightfisted was he...
Posted by Hushpupy on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 05:11:00 PST |
Ghosts The Ship of Fire |
The Ship of Fire
On a certain evening every year, at the mouth of the wide Neuse River, a large bright object speeds into view. It looks like a sailing ship being destroyed by fire, its ...
Posted by Hushpupy on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 04:45:00 PST |
Ghosts The Third Eye Man |
The Third Eye Man
The "Third Eye Man" was first spotted on November 12, 1949, on the campus of the University of South Carolina. According to school records, a strange man dresse...
Posted by Hushpupy on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 04:22:00 PST |
Ghosts The Phantom Horseman of Columbia |
The Phantom Horseman of Columbia
Sometime in the Spring of 1914, a strange occurrence happened. On the corner of Bull and Blanding Streets, a shadowy figure of a horseman appeared in the sky a...
Posted by Hushpupy on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 04:19:00 PST |
Ghosts The Swamp Girl |
The Swamp Girl
The tale of the swamp girl is a tragic story of a young woman trying to make her way to Columbia, South Carolina. A well dressed women was seen walking down a dark highway in the midd...
Posted by Hushpupy on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 04:15:00 PST |
Geechee and Gullah Culture |
Geechee and Gullah Culture
The
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Sea Islands..>Gullah and Geechee culture on the Sea Islands of Georgia has retained ethnic traditions from West Africa since the mid-1700s. Although the islands...
Posted by Hushpupy on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 04:03:00 PST |
